Oh deer

On my way home from the office on a dark and rainy road, a deer tried to hurdle my car. It didn’t make it. Instead 200 lbs of deer landed on my windshield and hood as I was driving about 30 mph. I was able to move the car off the road into the parking lot of a volunteer fire station. After my hands stopped shaking, I called the insurance company and arranged a tow to a nearby garage. Then I called my wife and asked her to come pick me up.

Needless to say, I had to give up my running class and thoughts of doing another 5k.

Jump forward 5 weeks

Finally got my car back and it looks pretty good. It feels like some of the stuffing is missing from the driver’s seat but it’s livable. Mostly I was concerned with how the car runs which it seems to do just as well as before.

Even though it wasn’t a huge accident I’ve noticed that my back is worse than it was before. Just a little, but it’s noticeable.